Amid reluctance from most high-rise residents to carry out fire audits, the BMC is now pushing for audits of electrical systems of such buildings. The civic body has requested the chief electrical inspector of Maharashtra to conduct periodic electrical audits of buildings that are 15 metres and above (4-storeys and up) to reduce incidents of fire due to defective electrical circuits.

Around 80 per cent of fire incidents in the city happen due to short-circuits, as per data. Of the 48,434 fire incidents from 2008 to 2018, 32,516 were because of short-circuits. The primary cause of the fire at Sachinam Heights, which claimed six lives on Saturday, too was a short-circuit. Even the fire at One Avighna Park at Currey Road in October and Hansa Heritage at Kandivli in November had started with sparks in electric wires.